FAITH ON TRIAL

Author Biography

Peter A. Wallner is the author of Faith On Trial: Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science and the First Amendment and the two-volume biography, Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son and Franklin Pierce: Martyr for the Union. He recently retired as library director at the New Hampshire Historical Society, and as an adjunct instructor in the graduate program at Franklin Pierce University. Prior to coming to New Hampshire, Wallner spent thirty years as a history teacher and administrator at private schools in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio. He has a PhD in US history from The Pennsylvania State University.

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"Peter Wallner, former director of the New Hampshire Historical Society library, has given readers a beautifully crafted book about an important New Hampshire legal event... In Faith on Trial, Wallner adds a large amount of detailed information about the words and activities of those who brought the suit and of the lawyers who successfully defended against it. Most importantly, he draws from his research insightful conclusions about the motives involved in bringing the suit. The book... is easy to read and hard to put down."